As discussed by Saturday's Haiku, Autumn is well and full underway here in New Home 2.0. It is actually a bit of shock: approximately 3 weeks ago we had our last "Summer" day of 80 F and the temperature just started dropping after that with accompanying rain and wind. We are now into full Autumn, with temperatures in the 50's and 40's and rain forecast for some part of the day for next two weeks or so.
I had become used to the quick approach of Summer in New Home. I was not ready for the same at the other end of the season here.
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I made my monthly trip back to The Ranch the weekend before this past one. I took down a couple of signs from the Barn, checked around the house, visited my Aunt and Uncle and The Cowboy and Young Cowboy and Uisdean Ruadh, took a rather long walk, and headed home.
We have no offers since the rather unserious one in August; I suspect we will not hear of another until Spring unless other circumstances persuade someone that being "Away from it all" might be a grand idea.
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This month has been largely consumed by work following my arrival back from the Grand Canyon. I am not sure how it turned out that way, but it did. Plenty of later departures from work (same start time, of course) which has led to less of the things I want to work on getting done. Part of that is a failure on my part to prioritize my time at home (my mornings are pretty well scheduled at this point), part of it is simply not enough time in the day. Things (in theory) slow down in November, which is to be greatly desired at this point.
I am far more tired more often than I care for.
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During one of the small group meetings this month, someone brought figs from their tree at home. I have never really enjoyed figs, but seeing as how I now had some and not otherwise knowing what to do with them, I dried them in the food dehydrator (along with apples to fill up the trays). They are surprisingly good, at least to me.
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It is shocking to realize it is effectively the end of October. We have 9.5 weeks left of 2025, but really that is a lot less when holidays are factored in. The years certainly feel like they are picking up speed.
Getting used to the old seasons in New Home 2.0, try to get that rest as much as possible TB. Tomorrow at Target HQ across town a thousand employees that work there will receive their official "You're fired!" notices, heckva timing with the holiday season coming up.
ReplyDeleteNylon12 - Getting rest has been a real challenge lately. Part of it that I seem to wake up more, but part of it is that I do not leave myself the "luxury" of possibly getting enough sleep. That means I simply have to go to bed earlier, since my work start time is fixed.
DeleteI had vaguely heard about the Target layoffs. Part of me suspects is going to be a cold Christmas for many.
Time is starting to fly by uncomfortably fast for me. If dragging my feet would slow it down, I would.
ReplyDeleteEd, it scares me that at work, they are already planning the 2027 schedule. There is literally no time to enjoy the present.
DeleteI think autumn brings the hope of things slowing down and life being more leisurely, but it rarely seems to turn out that way.
ReplyDeleteLeigh, when I started my career in this field (as I tell the kids, "Back before the turn of the century") there was a traditional slow down at the end of the year, part of it to allow for things like annual plant maintenance, but also to recognize that most people wanted to enjoy the holiday season with friends and family and being away from work. That has changed over the years until now it is work right up to the holiday, have the holiday, and restart until the next holiday. This year we have 24 December through 01 January off, but have been told that as we progress towards manufacturing, this is likely the last year this will be true.
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